Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-17
THE CABLES OF THE WORLD.

An Interesting Map of the Principal
 Iines or Ielegraphie Communication.
 have chart issued by the hydrographic office Of the United States navy, in which are shown the submarine cables of the world
 with the sea coast stations and the principal
 connecting land lines It Is an interesting map To any one, and I've no doubt of great value tO many. In fact I should imagine it would niakc one of the most important chart. that mariner could have in his collection
 Besides showing the locations of the lines table oi international rates is also given The conversation tO which had been a listener. you may 5e sure, started me on a fresh in ''s-i~lt.o1 of my chart. Let Us take glance at i, together.
 IEe United States, OficOurse, is well ribbed with wircs, three lines of which stretch from the Atlantic Co the Pacific coast. or at least practically SO. Then there Hre two running from the extreme north Co the Gulf. while another sSirts the Pacific coast Mexico has a nunIbe: Of lines, whie the West In,iieS ap- pear Co lgss nothing in this respect. Both codstS Os South America as far down as Pata- goal have telegraphic communication with tie rest of the world. while running into BTiz from Lisbon, Portugal. there isa uair of submarine cables. Did you know there were ts many as ten cables connecting the new ani the old worlds: They don't run directly across, ei,ier. The couple which bring St. Flerr", on this sble, and Brest. France together sweep down as far south as the lati tUde e New York. or cours. you upder siaut that iii laying submarine cables the bed of t.c ocean l. first carefully coIl,il rel.
 Eur".-' i- ci'-se,l and rccros,,.i, while from NJ Petersburg clear across to t.e Pacific c'sist extends 60 lonely line of wire. Sibaria is as ia.c ui poles aul wire as the ,gerus,s 0l! -oHiivuan's head Is of hair $. i, t,ie sr-I-r portion of northern auI sr.--arn l-;.,,.a, tlc whole of interior Chin. aud Airic.s. British Amcrica. and Ala-... ,,.i.I og coulss', Grccnani Gui Iceland Australia hns several lines Jf wire running if. ieur-th c.r oi which comes clear from the north where thc cable from British India elnrrr,., isuEi l.s wa.cry b-,i, down Co Tasmania SI.i--r, IpW, a Calif1r..ia merchant want. C t-ir-.l s.i a cyrI1s-l lDu,lent in New ZraI1nd lna' i-.- s'' far. geographically speaking. Luf irurI t to.cs.Uphic I.piut of view it Is f.r i'm the distance. The California man would send his message something like this. H. would sort it across the continent. where if | would 'ake journey under water. be flashed thruEeh Europe, again under water in the MeciieEI srean sea, through the Suez canal, | acroSs lniia, under the Bay of Bengal. the l Java s~a, piece Of the Indian ocean and | finally i' the operator at Palmerston, Aus | trGlia- He would start it across that conti | mental i,lam! Co Sydney, where it would take | another hath, tnis time in the Pacific ocean. and finally it would be delivered to the min | to HhDrn lt was addressed. The message on which Preiler's murderer, Maxwell. was ap- | lrehended, took something like this route | from SL Louis. You remember he had taken I steamer from California Co New Zealand Observer in Philadelphia Call